Never Said Goodbye
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Intro:
N.C.
I never said goodbye
Am C Dsus2
[Verso 1]
Am C Dsus2
Nothing could prepare me for that call
Dsus2
Dropped to my knees, threw my phone against the wall
Am C
Said you were gone and I didn't believe it
Dsus2
This isn't real, I've just gotta be dreaming
Am C
It's never fair, you were taken way too soon
Dsus2
Feels like a knife in the heart, an open wound
Am C
Won't ever heal cause I'm trying to make sense
Dsus2
Of a world where you're not in existence
[Pré-Refrão]
F G
I know, yeah I know, we never know our time
Am C
But I don't understand what's on the other side
F G
I know, yeah I know, it's just a part of life
Am
But I'm still asking why
[Refrão]
F G Am C
Why'd I never say what I meant to?
F G Am C
All those things I wanted to tell you
F G
I know you're home now in a better place
Am E
But I'm still searching for the words to say
F G
I wish I would've known it was the last time
Am C Am C Dsus2
'Cause I never said goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
[Verso 2]
Am C Dsus2
Hard to think that you're never coming home
Dsus2
And now you rest in a field beneath your stone
Am C
I find peace in the silence around me
Dsus2
And in the calm, I can feel you surrounding
Am C Dsus2
I don't think that I'll ever understand
Dsus2
One day we're here then we fall like grains of sand
Am C
Do we wait in the pain that we live in?
Dsus2
Or make the most of the time we're given
[Refrão]
F G Am C
Why'd I never say what I meant to?
F G Am C
All those things I wanted to tell you
F G
I know you're home now in a better place
Am E
But I'm still searching for the words to say
F G
I wish I would've known it was the last time
Am C F
'Cause I never said goodbye
[Ponte]
F G Am E
F G Am C
F G
I know, yeah I know, we never know our time
Am C
But I don't understand what's on the other side
F G
I know, yeah I know, it's just a part of life
Am
I'll never know why
[Refrão]
F G Am E
Why'd I never say what I meant to?
F G Am C
All those things I wanted to tell you
F G
I know you're home now in a better place
Am E
But I'm still searching for the words to say
F G
I wish I would've known it was the last time
Am C
'Cause I never said goodbyex
F G
(I never said, I never said, I never said goodbye
Am
I never said, I never said, I never said goodbye)
C
'Cause I never said goodbye
F G
(I never said, I never said, I never said goodbye
Am
I never said, I never said, I never said goodbye)
C
'Cause I never said...
How to play Never Said Goodbye
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.